SEC Retail Strategy Task Force to Host Roundtable on Combating Elder Investor Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission Retail Strategy Task Force will host a roundtable on Oct. 3 on combating elder investor fraud. The roundtable will focus on the types of fraudulent and manipulative schemes currently targeting elder investors. The roundtable also will explore views from a broad range of regulators and industry experts on potential steps regulators, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and others can take to identify and combat elder investor fraud. The roundtable will be held at the SEC's headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. and will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. The roundtable will be open to the public and webcast live on the SEC’s website. Information on the agenda and participants is available here. Members of the public who wish to provide their views on the topic may submit comments electronically or on paper.